On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the protocol ceremony was held to launch the training course on intelligence in the Cameroon biodiversity database.

This workshop was opened under the high patronage of His Excellency Mr. HELE Pierre, Minister of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, accompanied by the Deputy Minister and senior officials of the Ministry. In his opening speech, he thanked all the partners who contributed to the smooth running of CHM Cameroon and urged the participants, mainly university professors and researchers, to contribute to the enrichment of this database obtained with the financial assistance of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium and the technical support of the Kingdom of Morocco. He assured them of the availability of the Government of Cameroon to provide them with support in their various research projects.

Family photo with the Ministers

The workshop continued with the presentation, in the presence of the personalities who came to attend the opening protocol ceremony, of the Biodiversity Information System (SIB). This presentation was made by Mr. MOSTAFA Madbouhi, Moroccan expert responsible for the training. He presented to the audience the various modules of the system and their use in the effective management of biodiversity data. Then the registration of participants on the training website took over and exercises on the recording of certain data ended the day. 

Instructor presentation